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... Being aware of the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries
for activities which violate principles of international law, such as those
of sovereign equality, political independence, territorial integrity of States
and self-determination of peoples, ...
... Affirming that the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries
should be considered as offences of grave concern to all States and that any
person committing any of these-offences should be either prosecuted or extradited, ...
... Also convinced that the adoption of a convention against the recruitment, use,
financing and training of mercenaries would contribute to the eradication of
these nefarious activities and thereby to the observance of the purposes and
principles enshrined in the Charter, ...
... Any person who recruits, uses, finances or trains mercenaries, as defined in
article 1 of the present Convention, commits an offence for the purposes of
the Convention. ...
... 1. States Parties shall note recruit, use, finance or train mercenaries and
shall prohibit such activities in accordance with the provisions of the present
Convention. ...
... 2. States Parties shall not recruit, use, finance or train mercenaries for
the purpose of opposing the legitimate exercise of the inalienable right of
peoples to self-determination, as recognized by international law, and shall
take, in conformity with international law, the appropriate measures to prevent
the recruitment, use, financing or training of mercenaries for that purpose. ...
... 2. States Parties shall not recruit, use, finance or train mercenaries for
the purpose of opposing the legitimate exercise of the inalienable right of
peoples to self-determination, as recognized by international law, and shall
take, in conformity with international law, the appropriate measures to prevent
the recruitment, use, financing or training of mercenaries for that purpose. ...